Amazing. Three crime stories basically intertwined into one and you don’t see exactly how they’re connected until the very end! I actually got angry at the end of the book when I read the twist. So frustrating.

I would definitely recommend this to any criminology students - the author has obviously done their research on the steps of a criminal investigation and collecting evidence. It’s really well written and I loved the fact they acknowledged social media actually exists - so many authors pretend it doesn’t for the sake of making their plot easier.

Thanks to NetGalley for the free ARC.

Thank you to author Cara Hunter, Penguin books and Netgalley, for an ARC, in exchange for an honest review.

This was the first book in this series, for me I will have to go back and read the rest. I was pleasantly surprised to find a quick summary of the key members of the team at the start of the book. Which is a great idea, and every author with a series should do this. Especially if like me you read lots of different series and sometimes struggle to remember who is in which series. (Old age!).

My second reaction was why no chapters, this made for some long sections and in my opinion slowed the pace down a little. The podcast was interesting and broke up the dialogue. Might have just been me but the images of phone text and another notepad with jottings were almost unreadable in ebook form. Maybe need new glasses! I tried making the font larger, but this just made the format weird and still not readable!

A very good read, 2 different powerful stories running parallel, which kept me guessing with lots of twists along the way. The ending to one of the stories was a surprise, but the other one I had a pretty good idea very early on.

Overall, I found this book very original in its layout and it was a very entertaining read. I will now look out for the previous titles in the series

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and you will too if you switch off and enjoy the ride.

I didn’t see where it was going at first but when the story starts to come together it drags you in.

The main character is somewhat boring but the other characters make up for that and the side story with Somers keeps the intrigue going.

This was the first one in the series for me so it was very handy to have a little bio on all the main characters at the beginning of the book . This didn't prevent me getting a little confused with who was who in the team of police officers but this certainly did not spoil my enjoyment . There are two stories running concurrently the serious sexual assault of a pupil by a lecturer and the murder of a social worker . Adam Fawley is the Detective initially on both cases , until incriminating evidence points to him as a suspect . I found this book very original in its layout and it was a very entertaining read . I will now look out for the previous titles in the series

My thoughts about this fifth book, in the best selling D I Adam Fawley series, Cara Hunter’s The Whole Truth, is outstanding. With its fast tensed story, that is about a boy who is a student,he acusses a female professor, of rape was just fantastic. To doscover the truth, who is lying and who is telling the truth was brilliant. Talented author Cara Hunter, not only writes a fantastic story, but the tension, between the two main characters, really steal the show. D I Adam Fawley, is always a delight to see, as he is a fearless detective, who wants to find out the truth is just incredible. Cara Hunter has taken The Whole Truth, to another level, with its powerful story, and the characters. The way Cara, balances the story, and the characters, is just incredible. This is her best one yet, every book Cara is writing, is getting better and better. This one had me turning the pages to find out the truth was brilliant. What a nail biting ending, I did not see coming, with its amazing twist. A well written powerful police thirller, that takes you on a path of who is really telling the truth. Highly Recommended. I’m a hugh fan of D I Adam Fawley series. Cara Hunter has delivered, yet another cracking blockbuster. I would like to say thank you to Author Cara Hunter, publishers penguin books and netgalley, for giving me a chance, to read and review this outstanding thriller, can not wait to buy the whole series,which is based in oxford. 
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I’m a Cara Hunter super fan and this book, like the others, doesn’t disappoint. The story is a marathon dripping you information and new twists leaving you literally page turning yet not wanting it to end. Up until the last few pages you can’t work out how it can possibly end neatly but it does and all lose ends are tied neatly, and most importantly, believable.

I've read every one of Cara's books, but even so, really appreciated the recap section at the start of The Whole Truth.

Cara doesn't shy from contentious topics, and The Whole Truth is no different. As you'd expect from a novel looking at a 'he-said, she-said' case, this one will divide her readers.

As always with Cara, she uses different mediums to tell her stories - using twitter conversations, Whatsapp group chats, and news articles - and these all add to the layers of the narative - seeing how the he-said/she-said tale is developing. But, the Podcast script is a new addition to the book, and one that really brings that part of the story together.

Did I solve it? Nearly.
Should I have solved it? No.
Did I binge-read it in 2 days? YES!

I have my favourites in the investigation team, and really struggled with the division in the investigation room in this installment, but can see how the ripples from this book are going to be felt for a few books to come.

Well I loved this.... first book for me in this series and I’ll go back to read the others! At first I thought “no chapters?” But that didn’t bother me at all... enjoyed the podcast and phone text pages.... broke up the dialogue! A very good read, two different stories running parallel, which kept me guessing and lots of twists along the way!

One word, amazing! I enjoyed every page of this book.
I was initially a little dubious about reading it as I’ve read a few rubbish crime thrillers recently. However, this book was fantastic. There were plenty of twists and turns to keep me guessing.
I’d definitely recommend this book, it’s a fantastic read.

This series, featuring D I Adam Fawley, just gets better and better. This, the fifth book in the series, is another intricately plotted story, involving a sexual assault and a murder. The story was so tense and exciting I couldn't put the book down. This is one of the best police procedural series I have read. Highly recommended.

I love the characters of Adam fawley and his team, they are well rounded & believable. This was quite stressful at times but brilliant, really enjoyed it and am already looking forward to the next booK!!

Curled up in my favourite spot I finished The Whole Truth by Cara Hunter. It started a little slowly for me, setting out the story, but it quickly built the tension and I was utterly hooked for the second half. It's out in March, and definitely one to watch out for, you'll love it. Thank you @penguinukbooks and @netgalley for the arc.

This was the first book that I have read from this author. I quite liked the fact that she gave a summary of each of the key players at the beginning - I had never seen that before.
The use of different mediums, for example podcasts, mobile phone messages and interviews in the writing was good - it gave the book an edge. Although it did take me a bit to get used to it, that soon went
There were lots of twists and turns and the ending was a surprise which I quite liked. I was wondering how it was going to be resolved as I was getting closer to the end. But it did.

I needed to get to the end and so read this book over two days it was that good.

I will now look out for other books by this author - another good find. I feel that I am missing out with the story so need to read more.

I was given an advance copy of the book by netgalley in exchange for a honest review which I have done.

I think I may have benefitted from reading all of the series before jumping in here.

This is a good read with a rare take on inappropriate sexual relationships in university.

I enjoyed the main story but found myself getting confused with the amount of characters and sub plots.

The ending was written as if it quickly needed to be tied up within a matter of pages and the epilogue made me angry.

Still a good read. I’m sure many readers of this series would really enjoy this. I might well go and read the others.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in return for an honest review.

Thorough enjoyed this book. I have read others in the series but this one can easily stand alone if you haven't. Lots of plot turns to keep you guessing and a good ending (i find these can be hard to come by)

This is a good, solid detective story, a slow build with compelling characters, a great atmosphere and an intriguing, twisty case. Even though I have read all the previous books, I found this a little tricky to follow as there are a lot of characters and I didn't remember the full details of all their backstories, which you do need to properly appreciate this. I also found all of the continuous POV switching and huge amount of extra-textual stuff a little much and wished the story had been told more straightforwardly.

Thank you as always to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book.
I am a big fan of Cara Hunters’ books and this one doesn’t disappoint. This is the fifth book in the Adam Fawley series and begins with a student accusing an older professor of sexual assault. The twist? The student is male, the professor female.
I enjoyed this although I found the switching between characters and timelines a little confusing. All the same, an excellent read.

The Whole Truth is a bit of a classic in the case of detective stories – a team of varying levels of detectives are given a case which they have to solve. It’s pretty standard affair in a lot of respects but completely unconventional in others. The case in which the team is investigating is accusations of rape between a student and their university professor. The twist being the genders are mixed up from what you would usually expect. I think that’s what attracted me to request The Whole Truth, the unorthodox approach to what would usually be something uninspiring. Interwoven with the main case is one in which the lead character, DI Adam Fawley and his wife Alex, are personally connected too. I found the unravelling of the plot captivating and the progression of the two cases helped to keep the pace of the book swift.

When requesting The Whole Truth from NetGalley I didn’t realise it was the 5th book in a series involving the same characters. I think as a reader this put me on the back foot as the characters are already well established and have had relationships with one another that I missed out on and as a result I found them to be a little cliche at this point in their stories. DI Adam Fawley is a good lead character and while I enjoyed his pragmatism and approach to his work I didn’t find him all that engaging. He is a hard-working, family man. His wife is in the late trimester of pregnancy; which brings forth complications that add a bit of complexity to both of the characters. He is a decent character, but I admit, I wasn’t enamoured with him – which made part of the book a bit of a struggle; I don’t know if I cared deeply enough for his plight.

Other characters in the group, DC Quinn – a womaniser, loud-mouthed sort of lad that didn’t seem to leave much of an impression on me other than he was a bit of an over-reaching pain in the backside. DS Gislingham, who felt a bit like a non-entity compared to Fawley, as they seem to share similar personality traits. DC Everett, a bit of a shining star in the team when it comes to sexual abuse cases – I took particular enjoyment with this character, but again there didn’t seem to be much depth beyond her feeling guilty for not seeing her father more often. DC Somer who seemed to spend a lot of the book sulking about… something?

I think it’s because I am coming into the series with already established characters and connections that I have missed out on. I am sure readers of the series will have much stronger feelings for the characters. And have a better understanding of them as there are a lot of them. Thankfully, there is a Dramatis Personae at the front of the book to bring the reader up to speed.

However, the suspect and victim of the sexual abuse case steal the show. Where defined personality and character development felt lacking in the main cast, those directly involved in the case had bags of it. There are a lot of twists and turns these characters go through. It’s reminiscent of the ‘he said/she said’ of the school playground, but with a lot more sinisters undertones! How the case changes as more evidence is revealed is both entertaining and shocking (Especially the final revelation!)

Unfortunately, I found the inclusion of imagery in the book irritating – this issue may be alleviated in other presentations – because I couldn’t actually read the writing in the imagery on my kindle. The lettering was too small for me to read clearly and I feel like I missed out on vital information because of this. There are vital plot elements that are presented in the form of text message or in a table which I couldn’t see well enough, it’s a shame as I felt with this information I’d have been much better armed to figure out what was happening – thankfully, the plot wasn’t too confusing so I could still follow along without the information presented.

All this isn’t to say that The Whole Truth is a bad book, I found the pacing rapid and the interweaving of the two cases felt like a page-turner. I was eager to learn the outcome of the case regardless of the lack of empathy I felt for the characters. As for the resolution I don’t know what to make of it. The ending came quickly with a lot to wrap up in the last 5% of the novel as such the conclusion felt a little rushed and ill-considered with a few threads left unresolved which I assume will be picked up again in another book in the series.

As a final note there is a strange humour to The Whole Truth that didn’t quite sit right with me. It felt as though the author was trying to share personal in-jokes with the reader, but because they are in-jokes I didn’t really understand them. Or the need for them.

Do people really use the word ‘bloody’ that often in Oxford?

How have I missed this author? Having been unable to put this book down I now desperately need to read the preceding four books! If they’re as good as this one then I know I won’t be doing much between now and Christmas! Loved the writing, loved the characters in fact was is there not to love apart from Dave King of course! Nasty chap! Superb! My kind of book! Fast moving, superb plot, convincing conclusions plus a real miscellany of true life characters I already want to know better!

Another suberb read from the amazing Cara Hunter. What a bloody brilliant book. I do feel sorry for Adam Fawley though, I think he's cursed. He's really been through the wringer but alas he always come through the tough times. The trouble with reading a CH book is she always leaves you wanting more when you've read the last page. This book is totally gripping, unputdownable and when you think you know how it's going to end you get chucked a huge twist. Because I read it on my Kindle, the diagrams and some of the texts are impossible to read, but they will look great in the finished hardback/paperback edition.
I loved the whole book, but the beginning where it says "previously in the series" that's a stroke of genius and the descriptions of the main characters is also a brilliant idea. On the whole this is another blinding read, with twists you don't expect, a lot of drama, some unsettling scenes, a whole cast of characters with their own stories to tell. Can't wait for the next installment of Adam Fawley.
A huge thank you to Netgally and publishers for giving me the ARC. It's an awesome read and will be a huge bestseller.